Hideo Osabe

Hideo Osabe (長部日出雄, Osabe Hideo, 3 September 1934 - 18 October 2018[1]) was a Japanese essayist and novelist. His work focused on movies and Osamu Dazai.

He was born in Aomori Prefecture,[2] where Dazai was also born. He also once directed a movie.

He won the Naoki Prize in 1973 for Tsugaru jongara bushi and Tsugaru yosare bushi.[3]

He was awarded a Medal of Honor (with Purple Ribbon, for contributions to education and culture) from the Japanese government in 2002.

Bibliography

Fiction
  • Tsugaru jongara bushi
  • Tsugaru yosare bushi
  • Tenno no Tanjo, Eigateki Kojiki[4]

Essays
  • Cherry and Christ, another history of Osamu Dazai[5]

Filmography
  • Festival of Dream (夢の祭り Yume no Matsuri) (director and writer)[6]
a movie about a shamisen player

See also

References
  1. 直木賞作家の長部日出雄さん死去、８４歳 (in Japanese)
  2. http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/writer/1089/
  3. "Naoki-shō jushōsha ichiran". Bungei Shunjū. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  4. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4087753700
  5. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4167350068
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-01-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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